The Top Fishing

"Before tanning the leather, the first step is to clean it, you need to wash off as much blood and dirt from the fur as possible. If it hardens over time, it will affect the quality of the pelt."

A large piece of hide was thrown into the water; after a few seconds, Lin Yang began to wash it back and forth, cleaning off all the blood and mud.

"After the initial cleaning of the hide, the next step is skiving, which is to use a small knife to scrape off the fat, residual flesh, and other substances from the inner side of the leather, to make the entire surface as even as possible."

This step requires high technical skill. If not done correctly, it can also affect the quality of the hide. Excessive fat and fascia can degrade over time, producing an unpleasant odor and reducing the shelf life of the hide.

"However, since the skinning I did earlier was quite perfect, there are fewer impurities left, which makes this less difficult."

As he spoke, Lin Yang casually placed a short log under the hide and began to meticulously scrape it with a hunting knife. In a short while, large chunks of white fat were scraped off.

The texture of the cleaned hide was much smoother, and apart from a few holes that were still there, its appearance had significantly improved from before.

"What? This works? Watching the host skin was already amazing, and this hide scraping maneuver is pretty slick."

"From what I know, doesn’t this process usually require specialized tools? There used to be a mink farm in our village, and the master there would use a special round-bladed knife and dedicated equipment to process mink fur. But here, the host uses the same straight-edged military knife and just simply places some logs underneath, and that solves it?"